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    Albert Einstein
    “If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: attributed-no-source, simplicity, understand
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    “There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.”
    ― Linda Grayson
    tags: chocolate, friendship
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    Alexandre Dumas fils
    “The difference between genius and stupidity is: genius has its limits.”
    ― Alexandre Dumas-fils
    tags: misattributed-to-einstein
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    Herbert Bayard Swope
    “I can't give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.”
    ― Herbert Bayard Swope
    tags: failure, inspirational, misattributed-bill-cosby, success
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    Rita Mae Brown
    “The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four people is suffering from a mental illness. Look at your 3 best friends. If they're ok, then it's you.”
    ― Rita Mae Brown
    tags: humor, insanity
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    Margaret Mead
    “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
    ― Margaret Mead
    tags: activism, attributed-no-source, change, inspirational, life, philosophy, world
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    “Have you ever noticed how ‘What the hell’ is always the right decision to make?”
    ― Terry Johnson, Insignificance
    tags: humor, misattributed-to-marilyn-monroe, philosophy
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    Bette Midler
    “Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world.”
    ― Bette Midler
    tags: misattributed-to-marilyn-monroe
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    “First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. And then they attack you and want to burn you. And then they build monuments to you.”
    ― Nicholas Klein
    tags: conflict, fighting, inspirational, misattributed-to-gandhi, trial
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    Eleanor Roosevelt
    “Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.”
    ― Eleanor Roosevelt
    tags: inspirational
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    Charles William Eliot
    “Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”
    ― Charles W. Eliot
    tags: books, friends, reading, teachers
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    C.S. Lewis
    “A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.”
    ― C.S. Lewis
    tags: books, children-s-books, reading
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    George Bernard Shaw
    “Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.”
    ― George Bernard Shaw
    tags: books, children
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    Henry Ward Beecher
    “Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?”
    ― Henry Ward Beecherr
    tags: books, humor
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    George Carlin
    “I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, 'Where's the self-help section?' She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.”
    ― George Carlin
    tags: books, bookstores, self-help
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    Daniel Pennac
    “Reader's Bill of Rights

    1. The right to not read

    2. The right to skip pages

    3. The right to not finish

    4. The right to reread

    5. The right to read anything

    6. The right to escapism

    7. The right to read anywhere

    8. The right to browse

    9. The right to read out loud

    10. The right to not defend your tastes”
    ― Daniel Pennac
    tags: books, reading, rights
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    Stephen Colbert
    “Here's an easy way to figure out if you're in a cult: If you're wondering whether you're in a cult, the answer is yes.”
    ― Stephen Colbert, I Am America
    tags: cult, humor, religion, satire
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    Laurell K. Hamilton
    “Questions are great, but only if you know the answers. If you ask questions and the answers surprise you, you look silly.”
    ― Laurell K. Hamilton, Burnt Offerings
    tags: answers, questions
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    Jane Nelsen
    “Where did we ever get the crazy idea that in order to make children do better, first we have to make them feel worse? Think of the last time you felt humiliated or treated unfairly. Did you feel like cooperating or doing better?”
    ― Jane Nelsen
    tags: corporeal-punishment, discipline, motivation, parenting, punishment
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  • #20
    “I said "Somebody should do something about that." Then I realized I am somebody.”
    ― Lily Tomlin
    tags: life, motivation
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    Stephen King
    “Talent is a wonderful thing, but it won't carry a quitter. ”
    ― Stephen King, Duma Key
    tags: inspiration, motivation, talent
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    Bill Cosby
    “Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry.”
    ― Bill Cosby
    tags: humor-parenting
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    Julia Child
    “If you're afraid of butter, use cream.”
    ― Julia Child
    tags: attributed-no-source, cholesterol, food
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    Stanley Kubrick
    “I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by using fear as the basic motivation. Fear of getting failing grades, fear of not staying with your class, etc. Interest can produce learning on a scale compared to fear as a nuclear explosion to a firecracker.”
    ― Stanley Kubrick
    tags: education, fear, interest, learning
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    Tyler Perry
    “It doesn't matter if a million people tell you what you can't do, or if ten million tell you no. If you get one yes from God that's all you need.”
    ― Tyler Perry
    tags: god, inspirational, motivational
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  • #27
    “The best mind altering drug is the truth.”
    ― Lily tomlin
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    Steven Wright
    “When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.”
    ― Steven Wright
    tags: absurd, humor
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    Steven Wright
    “If a man says something in the woods and there are no women there, is he still wrong?”
    ― Steven Wright
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    Steven Wright
    “Light travels faster than sound. Isn't that why people appear bright before you hear them speak? ”
    ― Steven Wright
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  • #31
    Steven Wright
    “I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder.”
    ― Steven Wright
    tags: humor
    112 likes



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